thats incredible dumb philosophy, and its ignorant to think that 'THE BEST' don't take lessons. Any great guitar player would (if possible) tell you that they would have taken lessons if they either (A. Had the money, B. if there WERE any places that had lessons, they were really rare back then).
Another point - is it your goal to be 'the best'? you must obviously (if you dont already) find out that there is no 'the best', and its an art, not a sport, and the only champions are the people who play exactly what they want to play, and not what somebody says to play.
aanoooother thing - although optional, its probably not the best idea to end every post "ROCK ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" since really we already know.
however- if you have such an ego to think that you can be 'THE BEST!!!!!!!' by doing everything yourself, good luck to you.

EDIT - meant to say "didnt have the money", not "had the money". Alot of guitarists were poor when they started playing.

[Edited by Incidents Happen on 06-02-2002 at 07:31 PM]